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l w. sQDA'vls STAPLEI Filed Juge 28,1924

INVENTOR WITNESS:

ATTORNEY Patented July 28, 1925.

QwINTHRoP s. DAVIS, onrrfnnno, o oLonADo. l

STAPLE.

Application led .Tune 28, v19.24. Serial No. 723,002.

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, WINTHROP S. Davis, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pueblo, in the coimty of Pueblo and State of Colorado, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Staples, yof which the followingis a specification.V

Thisinvention has reference to means for holding line wires of fencesonposts, and may be considered in the nature of an improvement upon lthepatent granted Algie l?. Davis, on August 19, 1919 and which bears No.1,313,795.

With theabove broadly stated object in view, and others which willappear as the nature of the invention is better understood, reference isto be had to the drawing which accompanies and which forms part of thisapplication.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a side elevation of a fence post showing linewires secured thereon in accordance with this invention.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the improvement. v

Figure 3 is a face view thereof.

Figure 4 is a side view thereof.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the key.

The construction forming the subject matter of U. S. Letters Patent No.1,313,7 95 has been found too expensive in manufacture, although thesame adequately performs the functions for which it is intended. Thepresent wire holder may be cheaply manufactured, easily inserted in apost, will effectively support the line wires and cannot be accidentallywithdrawn from the post. As disclosed by the drawing the improvement isconstructed from a single strand of wire centrally bent upon itself, asat 1 and from thence curved at the same arc to provide a two-part head,each in the nature of` an eye 2 2. The ends of the head preferably arebrought to contacting engagement with the bent portion 1 of theimprovement, as clearly illustrated in Figures 2 and 4 of the drawing,and the said ends are from thence continued angularly and in parallelismaway from the eyes to provide shanks 3 3. EachV of the shanks has itsopposite sides provided with barbs 4. Each of the shanks at a suitabledistance from its end has its outer face cut angularly to the said end,as indicatedy by the numeral 5. By reference to Figure 4 of the drawing,it will be thuspnoted that there is a V-shaped space between the ends ofthe Shanks, and this space will be filled with the concrete when thewireY holder yisinserted in the concrete post. When driven into a woodenpost, the inclined or beveled ends of the shanks will have a tendency tobreak the ber of the wood and bunch the same therebetween so that thepointed ends in addition to the barbs 4 will effectively vhold thestap-le in the post. Y

In inserting thefstaple in the post the bent end 1 is brought againstthe outer facey of the p'ost so that the line wires 6 may be broughtbetween the parts constituting the head and into contact with the saidbent portion 1, thus being held out of direct contact with the post.There is then inserted through the, eye portion of the double head,

'a key member 7. The key is also formed ofv a strand of wire having oneend rounded describing an arc greater than a half circle, the extremityof which being cut at an angle, as indicated by the numeral 9 andterminating away from the straight shank 10 a less distance than thethickness of the eyes 2 of the staple. By this arrangement the roundedportion or jaw 8 of the key may be brought to frictional engagement withthe upper eye of the staple when the shank 10 has been passed throughboth eyes of said staple, a. slight impact of fo-rce causing the end 9of the jaw to first spring away from the eye 2 and thereafter return toits initial position into frictional contact with the eye. A tap by animplement upon the end of the shank will remove thejaw fromV engagementwith .the eye and the keeper from the staple. The key- 7 closes theopening between the double eyes of the staples and effectively holds theline wire 6 therebetween.

Having described the invention, I claim f A means for h'olding a linewire on a fence post, including a staple formed from Y upon itself, asat 8, the said rounded end a single strand of wire centrally roundedupon itself and from thence curved to provide spaced eyes whichterminate in shanks that are designed to be forced into the post, thesaid eyes designed to receive a line wire therebetween, and a key forholding the line wire between the eyes formed from a wire to include ashank which terminates in a rounded inwardly directed j aw, the

l0 end of the said jaw being inclined and ter- WINTI-IROP S. DAVIS,

